The Damage

Hiroshima, vicinity of ground zero. The ruined dome, now known as the Atomic
Bomb Dome, has been left standing as a memorial. It is 160 meters from ground zero,
near the bare trees to the left of the dome.

Victims of the bombings.

Below are a Nagasaki boy and a Hiroshima woman suffering from flashburns.
The woman died on October 15, 1945; the fate of the boy is unknown.

Memorial Cenotaph in Hiroshima Peace Park

The inscription reads:

Let all souls here rest in peace,
for we shall not repeat the evil.

Towards evening, a light, southerly wind blowing across the city
wafted to us an odour suggestive of burning sardines. I wondered
what could cause such a smell until somebody, noticing it too,
informed me that sanitation teams were cremating the remains of
people who had been killed. Looking out, I could discern numerous
fires scattered about the city. Previously I had assumed the fires
were caused by burning rubble. Towards Nigitsu was an especially
large fire where the dead were being burned by hundreds. Suddenly
to realise that these fires were funeral pyres made me shudder, and
I became a little nauseated.
8 Aug 1945
From Hiroshima Diary by Michihiko Hachiya.